Iran Runoff Vote
Unlikely to Alter
Its Nuclear Policy

TEHRAN, Iran -- The results of voting in Iran's presidential election on Friday, leading to a two-candidate runoff this week, underscore a growing urgency for those hoping to change a system under threat of falling further under the sway of dogmatic hard-liners.

The top two vote-getters in the election were a little-known, ultraconservative mayor of Tehran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and the well-known cleric and former two-time president...